Baseball Hall of Fame History The Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12, 1939. Stephen Carlton Clark was owner of a local hotel and sought to bring tourists to Cooperstown, which had been suffering economically when the Great Depression significantly reduced the local tourist trade and Prohibition...
The Hall of Fame admits only a very select group of the greatest players in baseball history. Even within that limited club, there is a much smaller circle that is extra special: The One-Teamers.That crew grew by two in 2024, when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) ...
high school coaching greatJake Boss, Sr.and longtime Detroit Tigers scoutClyde Weirwill be inducted into the Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame at Jackson® Field™ on Saturday, July 20, prior to the Lansing Lugnuts’ 7:05 p.m. game with the Great Lakes Loons, the Hall announced...
ESPN MLB experts Bradford Doolittle and David Schoenfield take a look at the candidacies of some of the leading vote-getters on the BBWAA ballot to date and weigh their Hall of Fame chances for this year -- and beyond. Players are listed in order of their current balloting percentage,...
Champions Baseball HALL OF FAME PLAYERS Andre Dawson Home runs 2774 Career: 1976-1996 Jim Rice Home runs 2452 Career: 1974-1989 Billy Southworth Home runs 1296 Career: 1913-1929 Cal Ripken, Jr. Home runs 431 Career: 1981-2001 Whitey Herzog ...
Ichiro Suzuki tours the Baseball Hall of Fame January 29, 2025 (03:41) Ichiro discusses his Hall of Fame election January 25, 2025 (05:06) Billy Wagner on the emotions of being elected to HOF January 25, 2025 (06:26) CC Sabathia on being elected to HOF, Black Aces ...
In December, Fred McGriff was selected as the newest member of the Hall of Fame -- with Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling denied again. McGriff was a unanimous choice among the 16 members of the inaugural contemporary baseball era committee, which considered a ballot of eight ...
This year, only three members will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner. Ichiro and Sabathia are first-time candidates on the ballot, while Wagner finally received enough votes to secure his place. The Hall of Fame Class of 2025! pic....
Hall of Fame welcomes large and historic class of entrants BaseballIra Berkow
Minnesota Twins MLB Hall of Fame Members Meet the Minnesota Twins players who are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Gallery Credit: Dave Roberts/Dave Overland Harmon Killebrew YouTube Harmon Killebrew The first former Twin elected into Hall of Fame needed a ridiculous four ballots to get into...